RT HON ADRIAN RURAWHE: My impression of the Latin America is we have a lot in common, they have very similar values to New Zealand. RICARDO MENĒNDEZ MARCH: Mexico is leading the way and because they've had now several years of banning conversion therapy in some jurisdictions, activists were able to share some of the experiences from having gone through that process. So it was great to promote our island nation to them. But being able to share notes around what can we do to make Parliament more accessible for women. However, in places like Mexico, they actually wrote gender parity into their laws. Now New Zealand has just hit the 5050 mark. NAISI CHEN: Also what was really interesting was meeting the female parliamentarians across the world as well. Le pedida a mi colega a traduzca esta mensaje a ustedes des mi lengua nativa Māori al español. RICARDO MENĒNDEZ MARCH: Saludos a todos ustedes. RT HON ADRIAN RURAWHE: Tēnā tatou, kua tono atu ahau ki taku Rangatira nei ki a whakapaniora mai taku mihi Māori ki a koutou. RICARDO MENĒNDEZ MARCH: We had the pleasure of being welcomed in the Senate, and I have the absolute privilege to translate the Speaker's remarks from Te Reo Māori to Spanish. I felt really privileged to actually view that and to hear directly about the history of Mexico and the indigenous peoples of that country. RT HON ADRIAN RURAWHE: Our visit to the Museum of Anthropology of Mexico was amazing. We went out into the country and looked at some dairy farms and a milk plant, and also the way they run their tertiary education stuff, particularly around agriculture.ĭR ANAE NERU LEAVASA: Health was always brought up I brought up health because given my medical background, and wanting to learn from the different countries, their experience, and also because we have a new system here in New Zealand with the Te Whatu Ora Health NZ and also with our Māori Health Authority, so really learning about the ways that they managed COVID-19, their response, but also about the technologies that they're looking at in the future. IAN MCKELVIE: Uruguay very similar to New Zealand. In Argentina, we talked about rainbow rights, there is many more efforts to include our non binary communities and trans communities in the census and government statistics. RICARDO MENĒNDEZ MARCH: We were guided and shown the powerful history when the Pinochet dictatorship was in place and how that struggle is ongoing. That really set the tone of our visit to Chile. They right now have about an average age of 40, but also being able to really have those heart to heart conversations in terms of the challenges that it brings to young people.ĭR ANAE NERU LEAVASA: Going to the Human Rights Museum, that was very touching. NAISI CHEN: It was great to meet some of the cabinet ministers from Chile. IAN MCKELVIE: I think if you look at our treaty settlement process, certainly the Chilean government is looking at that type of situation in their own country. RICARDO MENĒNDEZ MARCH: We also had the opportunity to make connections with the Mapuche people, there was strong interest in the revitalisation of indigenous languages. And we both understood each other, which I thought was really nice. RT HON ADRIAN RURAWHE: They spoke Rapa Nui to me and I spoke Te Reo Māori to them. It was really great to meet the Rapa Nui authority in Chile. NAISI CHEN: We got to meet the Parliamentary equivalents across Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Mexico.ĭR ANAE NERU LEAVASA: Being able to meet face to face, share ideas.
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